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Central American Migration Workshop
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UCLA Migration Study Group and the International Institute present: All-day Workshop on Central American Migration January 25, 2008
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Haines 279
Session 1: 9:30 - 11:45: Home country impacts of migration and migration policy
Leisy Abrego, Sociology, UCLA: "El amor de una madre es único": Gendered Experiences of Family Separation Due to Migration
Alisa Garni, Sociology, UCLA, "Land Tenure Patterns and Migration's Impact on Local Productive Relations: A Comparative Case Study of Two Salvadoran Communities"
Alfonso Gonzales, Political Science, UCLA: "The Geo-Politics of U.S. Immigration Control in Mexico
Discussant: David Pedersen, Anthropology, UCSD
Lunch break: 11:45 - 1:00
Session 2: 1:15 - 3:15 Bordering and Citizenship
Susan Coutin, UC Irvine, "Shifting Boundaries of Citizenship in El Salvador and the United States"
Abelardo Morales FLACSO-Costa Rica, "Migraciones, regionalismo y ciudadanía en Centroamérica" ("Migration, Regionalism, and Citizenship in Central America")
Nestor Rodriguez, University of Houston, "Detention and Deportation: Emerging Issues in Central American Immigration Research"
Discussant, Roger Waldinger, Sociology, UCLA
Coffee break: 3:15 - 4:00
Session 3: 3:30 - 5:30 Central American Immigrant Politics
Arely Zimmerman (Political Science, UCLA) "The Politics of Belonging, Identity, Association and Diaspora: Central Americans in Los Angeles"
Arpi Miller (Sociology, UCLA)
" 'Doing' Transnationalism: The Integrative Effects of Salvadoran
Discussant: Beth Baker-Cristales, Anthropology, Cal-State Los Angeles
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